Competencies
Competencies, Competence represent certain clusters of skills, abilities and knowledges needed to perform certain jobs.
For instance, management competencies include:
Characteristics
- Specific
- Assignable to one or more roles
- Can group and combine to form higher competencies
Possession of a competence
A person possesses a competence, as long as the skills abilities and knowledge that define that competence are a part of the person. Therefore one might not lose a skill, knowledge or ability, but could lose a competence if the defining factors of the competence change.
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